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by userbinator 2213 days ago
Before the whole USB-C thing, the majority of laptops had already settled on something like 18-20V (with some of the smaller ones at 10-12V). The input tolerances are relatively wide and you are highly unlikely to cause damage unless the polarity is reversed.

Here's some comments I made a few years ago explaining why that voltage:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12618406

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7594383